United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1968

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1968

November 5, 1968

Nominee Hubert Humphrey Richard Nixon Party Democratic Republican Home state Minnesota New York Running mate Edmund Muskie Spiro Agnew Electoral vote 10 0 Popular vote 857,738 658,643 Percentage 54.0% 41.5%

County Results

President before election Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic Elected President Richard Nixon Republican

The 1968 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 5, 1968 in Minnesota as part of the 1968 United States presidential election.

The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent Vice President Hubert Humphrey, the home-state favorite, won the state over former Vice President Richard Nixon by 199,095 votes, giving him one of his fourteen victories in the election.

The American Independent Party candidate, former Alabama governor George Wallace, failed to make a substantial impact in Minnesota, as his base of support was primarily in the Deep South. While Wallace took 13.5% of the national popular vote and won five states of the former Confederacy, he only took 4.43% of the vote in Minnesota, his weakest state in the Midwestern United States.

Nationally, Nixon won the election with 301 electoral votes, though he led Humphrey by less than a percent in the popular vote. The election permanently disrupted the New Deal Coalition, which had been dominant in presidential politics since 1932.

As of 2016, this is the last presidential election in Minnesota where any candidate won a county with over 70% of the popular vote. In this case, Humphrey won the following counties over this threshold: Carlton County, Lake County, and Saint Louis County.

Results

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1968[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hubert Humphrey	857,738	54.00%	10
	Republican	Richard Nixon	658,643	41.46%	0
	American Independent	George Wallace	68,931	4.43%	0
	Peace and Freedom	Eldridge Cleaver	935	0.06%	0
	Socialist Workers	Fred Halstead	808	0.05%	0
	No party	Eugene McCarthy (write-in)	585	0.04%	0
	Communist	Charlene Mitchell	415	0.03%	0
	Socialist Labor	Henning Blomen	285	0.02%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	170	0.01%	0
Totals			1,599,655	100.00%	10
Voter turnout			74%		—

References

1. "1968 Presidential Election Results, 1968". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-03.